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The Tao Te Ching

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The Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu
Narrated by: Dan Strutzel
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Originally published in the fourth century BC, wise yet worldly, spiritual yet practical, the Tao Te Ching is beloved by seekers all the world over. The Tao Te Ching is a series of meditations on the mysterious nature of the Tao - the Way, the guiding light, the very source of all existence. According to Lao Tzu (a name meaning "the old master"), the Tao is found where we would least expect it - not in the strong but in the weak; not in speech but in silence; not in doing but in “not-doing.”

Here you will hear a lucid, poetic translation that makes the Tao Te Ching accessible to the modern world.

Public Domain (P)2018 Nightingale-Conant Action & Adventure Eastern Philosophy
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I enjoyed the polarity of the thought matrix. I will take this forward and imply as required

Good perspective

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I love age old text that allows me to better understand myself and my place in the world.

Lifetime Must Read

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I have read a few different Tao te Chings and I find this version to not take any embellishment at all. It strikes me as a word for word translation utterly focused on giving you the direct meaning of the original copy. Due to this sometimes it can lose some of its feeling: other versions I have read can have a tendency to be far more encouraging whereas this one is more focused on accuracy. I think this is the most accurate version but perhaps a bit dry so to speak. If you want an accurate translation this is exceptional.

Excellent easy to understand translation of the Tao te Ching

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Once you can understand this information, it becomes a powerful tool to practice transforming your life.
The narrative was well done, I just had some struggles understanding the Tao. But you can Google the
chapters and find translation on the 81 chapters.

Valuable Wisdom

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My girlfriend is from Hong Kong.
She gave me the physical book, and we read it together.
This audiobook helps engrain the wisdom into my brain!

Simple delivery of information that can help world leaders!

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was difficult to get through and didn't learn much from listening to this book unfortunately

waste of time nonsense

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